How To Install patman on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install patman on Debian 10.
What is patman
patman is:
Patman searches for short patterns in large DNA databases, allowing for approximate matches. It is optimized for searching for many small pattern at the same time, for example microarray probes.
There are three methods to install patman on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install patman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install patman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install patman
Install patman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install patman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install patman
Install patman Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install patman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install patman
How To Uninstall patman on Debian 10
To uninstall only the patman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove patman
Uninstall patman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall patman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove patman
Remove patman Configurations and Data
To remove patman configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge patman
Remove patman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove patman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge patman
Dependencies
patman have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install patman package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.